Aquinas and Massa Damnata: A Brutish Take from a Subtle Mind
As I haven't written or recorded anything in over a year, something I've done before, I figured I would post my brief thoughts on a section in Aquinas's writings on predestination. At this point, I may as well publicly announce that I believe that all will be saved in the end, because this critique is in light of my paradigmatic shift. Philosophically, I'm still fairly Thomistic, but I have been having issues with Aquinas' theology. This post may in fact be the first of a series of critiques of not only massa damnata , viz., the view that the majority of mankind is damned forever, but of a certain traditional Western understanding of damnation in general. Any faithful Catholic need not worry, as confidence in universal salvation is nothing close to heresy, especially since the Church teaches that we should pray and hope for it and that it is the sole intention of the Church to bring it about. Enough of the detour; let's get into the topic. ...